Everyday, I’ll try to post a summary of three non-geek articles I read today. This is my vain attempt at trying to spread awareness of these types of issues.
WHO
The Vatican
WHAT
Is angry that the government approved of RU-486 (abortion drug)
WHEN
Drug was approved of last week
WHERE
Italy
WHY
Catholic Church is pro-life; Vatican warns that doctors who prescribe the drug will be excommunicated
FTA
According to the Catholic News Service, Archbishop Fisichella announced that “it is obvious that the canonical consequences” of using RU-486 are the same as those incurred for getting a therapeutic abortion: automatic excommunication.
More: http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/07/italy-oks-abortion-pill
WHO
21 (number is disputed) people at an Afghan wedding party
WHAT
Were killed in a roadside bomb
WHEN
Today
WHERE
Gasmir district of Helmand province
WHY
Unclear
FTA
The BBC’s Martin Patience, in Kabul, says it is not clear if the wedding party was the intended target of the attack.
More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8186882.stm
WHO
Chinese government
WHAT
Sealed off the plague town
WHEN
Today
WHERE
Ziketan in Qinghai province
WHY
Three people have died, nine people have fallen ill because of the pneumonic plague
FTA
“”The plague in Qinghai and the Tibetan plateau is unique … and it’s the most deadly in the world,” Wang Hu, the head of Qinghai Provincial Disease Prevention Bureau, said on Thursday.”
More: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/08/20098642446955428.html
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